Academic Medical Center

Success Stories

As healthcare invests in analytics to meet the IHI Triple Aim, data has become its most valuable asset—and one of the most challenging to manage. Healthcare organizations must integrate data from a complex array of internal and external sources. To establish a single source of truth, The University of Kansas Hospital deployed an enterprise data warehouse (EDW). However, they quickly realized that without an effective data governance program clinicians and operational leaders would not trust the data. Led by senior leadership commitment, The University of Kansas Hospital established processes to define data, assign data ownership and identify and resolve data quality issues. They also have 70+ standardized enterprise data definition approvals planned for completion in the first year and have created a multi-year data governance roadmap to ensure a sustained focus on data quality and accessibility.

Making sure data from source systems is moved quickly, accurately and consistently into an enterprise data warehouse (EDW) is an important task for Information Systems (IS) departments. Indiana University (IU) Health IS was tasked with increasing the value decision-makers get from their health system’s data – and doing it with fewer resources. Using the Health Catalyst Source Mart Designer IU Health achieved: a) 75 percent faster design and development of its’ Source Marts, b) well-structured data fields within their EDW, c) autonomy of data architects while ensuring enterprise supportability, and d) improved analysis through the use of meta data.

Digitizing healthcare comes with its own set of problems — including how to use all the raw data created and turn it into something meaningful that results in improvements in quality and cost of care. Indiana University Health found a solution that integrated with their Cerner EHR. And the best part? From start to finish, it took just 90 days.